Today's offering came my way from Lisa in AZ! I loved the card she sent too!!

She sent this lovely piece...

Hello Marisa,

I've been following your blog for about a year now. I love it - you are so creative! I look forward to seeing how you can transform a dated or unattractive garment into something very stylish. The striped dress is from a thrift store - got it for 25 cents!

This white plastic-y, leather looking belt wasn't working for me and the dress as a whole was feeling just a bit frumpy. However, with some small changes, this is going to be looking faboosh!!

These very small shoulder pads got removed first. I don't really understand why they were there in the first place just because they were so thin!!

Originally if you had asked my thoughts on the collar, I would have said that it was going to be the first thing to go!! It's funny how my thought process changes along the way, because I opted to keep the collar intact and remove the sleeves!

I pinned the sleeves and also pinned the body a little over an inch on each side to make the piece a little slimmer.

I sewed everything up, added a light, springy green camisole underneath, a woven Free People belt I snagged on sale in December and my vintage Candies for good measure!!

I love the color combo here and think I'm going to have to try and make a few of these myself!!

It was the last night our college pal NC was in town, so we got together for some fun outdoor tapas action!!

I have to say, I passed on the below hot eats...

...in lieu of this cold deliciousness.

I had a salad instead, even though it all looked so yummy. It was such a fun way to celebrate NC's last day in town!